profit margin
noun
: the difference between the cost of buying or making something and the price at which it is sold
The company has one of the highest/lowest profit margins in the industry.
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Operating profit margin remained relatively flat at 7.3%, with earnings from operations totaling $2.19 billion, a 4.8% increase from the prior year.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
Wendt at times earned more than a 90% profit margin, CBS News found in court records.
—E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Both the Federal Reserve of New York and the Federal Trade Commission noted profit margin expansion in the grocery sector following postpandemic inflation.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
Fourth-quarter sales are expected to increase 5 percent to 7 percent, and the operating profit margin is expected to come in at 16 percent.
—David Moin, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
Wendt at times earned more than a 90% profit margin, CBS News found in court records.
—E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Both the Federal Reserve of New York and the Federal Trade Commission noted profit margin expansion in the grocery sector following postpandemic inflation.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
Fourth-quarter sales are expected to increase 5 percent to 7 percent, and the operating profit margin is expected to come in at 16 percent.
—David Moin, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for profit margin
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“Profit margin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20margin. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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